The 20 best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, Americana edition

1. Start your weekend off with a plethora of plays at Pop! Performance Festival, with more than 30 works around Bushwick throughout the weekend. (Friday through Sunday, various locations, FREE)

2. Stomp your feet and clap your hands for the second annual Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, with nearly 50 bands at several bars and venues, from Queen Esther to The Defibulators to Alex Battles. (Friday through Sunday, various locations, FREE)

3. Blast off at Midnight Radio Show’s Tour of the Galaxy Cabaret, with shadow puppets, dance, poetry, music, and more. (Friday, Fairyland, $20)

5. Choose sides at Film Face-Off, where Late Night Basement comedians debate the merits of two movies, and then the audience decides which one to watch. (Friday, Syndicated, $10)

6. Don’t miss a thing at FOMOParty, where you can dance it all out to DJs Tap1.0, Darling Chuck, and The Yellow R. Kel. (Friday, Friends & Lovers, FREE)

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Fly high at the brand new Rubulad with Anna Copa Cabanna (#15)

7. Flaunt your feminine side at the New Women Space grand opening, a day of workshops and wellness events followed by a night of music by Got a Girl Crush, Bethany Robertson, and more. (Saturday, New Women Space, $15)

8. Wander through an awesome ‘hood at Brooklyn Based’s Total Bed-Stuy Immersion, with deals on drinks and food at a dozen excellent local spots. (Saturday, Bed-Stuy, $15–$25)

10. Get rustic at the Fifth Breuckelen County Fair, a day of colonial and urban homesteading at NYC’s oldest house. (Saturday, Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, FREE)

11. Don’t break anything at UrbanGlass’s September Open Studios, with demonstrations and workshops on glassblowing, flameworking, bead-stringing, and mosaics. (Saturday, UrbanGlass, FREE)

12. Celebrate community and culture in Bed-Stuy at The Laundromat Project Field Day, with a wide range of interactive activities including a mask-making workshop, performance art, creative walks, and more. (Saturday, Bed-Stuy, FREE)

13. See drawn-out comedy at Picture This, where jokesters are paired with illustrators who animate their material in real time as it comes out of their mouths. (Saturday, Union Hall, $8)

14. Be the first to check out New Lab, an 84,000-square-foot interdisciplinary space for entrepreneurs in emerging technologies, at their grand opening party, with food trucks, free beer and wine, GIF photobooths, music, and more. (Saturday, New Lab, FREE)

15. Soar into the stars at Happy Landings Cosmic Airstrip, with live music by Anna Copa Cabanna and The MG5, Funkrust Brass Band, and Popular Pig, plus DJs, a silent disco, projections, and surprises. (Saturday, Rubulad, $10 before 9pm; $20 after)

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Party with some very distinguished gentlemen (#18) (pic by Kody Melton)

16. Join thousands of your closest friends at the 42nd annual Atlantic Antic, one of the largest street fairs in NYC, with 15 live music stages, hundreds of local vendors, and more. (Sunday, Atlantic Ave, FREE)

19. Bring any kick-flipping gals you know to Girlskate, with an open skate session with coaches on hand, followed by a BBQ and party with live music by all-girl skater band Witch Slap. (Sunday, East River Skate Shop, FREE)

20. Close out the weekend laughing at Just a Show, a comedy/variety show starring Murderfist, Julio Torres, Brendan Eyre, and Marcia Belsky. (Sunday, Sunnyvale Bk, $6)

Let’s talk about death baby, feel love bursting, get your groove on, delve into the past, slow your film roll, laugh like no one’s watching, bust out your best costume, and more ways to love this week.